Europe
Japanese companies have been doing business in Europe for a very long time. Nevertheless, we believe that the importance of complying with European laws will continue to grow especially in the areas of European Union (EU) trade-related laws, restrictions on corporate acquisitions, employment, and antitrust restrictions on agreements[, including simple distributorship agreements].
EU law has the distinct character of reflecting the needs of an integrated European market as well as the demands of society. Thus, the restrictions under EU law are generally stricter than those existing under the laws of Japan or the United States. We have lawyers who have studied and worked in Europe. We have also advised many of our clients concerning commercial and M&A transactions in Europe. Having dealt with various EU issues over the years, we can advise and support clients with respect to not only EU competition law, which is most often an issue, but also areas such as environmental law, and personal information and data protection laws, taking into account the practice and approach of the European Commission, European lawyers and companies.
As the market of corporate acquisitions continues to mature in Europe, even relatively small-sized company acquisitions, in addition to large cases, are becoming popular. Through alliances with global law firms as well as leading local firms, we have built a legal service system that enables us to provide proper and effective legal advice and services for our clients involved in M&A deals in accordance with the nature and scale of their business, and other relevant factors.
Having handled a variety of litigation and arbitration matters in Europe for our clients, we can also provide dispute resolution services in close coordination with reliable local firms.
Lawyers in charge of Europe
PublicationsArchives
- 2024.10.01
- Response to Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence required with the Implementation of CSDDD
- 2021.09.30
- English Contract Law: Recent Notable Supreme Court Cases (5) (Chuo Law Journal, Vol. XVIII, No.2)
- 2021.06.30
- Chuo Law Journal Vol. XVIII No. 1
- 2021.03.22
- Chuo Law Journal Vol. XVII No.4
- 2021.03.01
- Corporate Governance and Internal Investigations in Europe (3) - Protection of Whistleblowers
- 2021.03.01
- Corporate Governance and Internal Investigations in Europe (2) - Protection of Personal Data
- 2020.12.20
- Chuo Law Journal Vol. XVII No.3
- 2020.12.10
- Report of a German Case - Admissibility of a Dissenting Opinion in an Arbitral Award in Germany? -
- 2020.09.30
- Chuo Law Journal Vol. XVII No.2
- 2019.12.10
- JCA Journal December 2019 Issue
- 2019.11.10
- JCA Journal November 2019 Issue
- 2019.08.10
- JCA Journal August 2019 Issue
- 2019.07.10
- JCA Journal July 2019 Issue
- 2019.06.10
- JCA Journal June 2019 Issue
- 2019.05.10
- JCA Journal May 2019 Issue
- 2019.04.10
- JCA Journal April 2019 Issue
- 2019.03.10
- JCA Journal March 2019 Issue
- 2019.02.10
- JCA Journal February 2019 Issue
- 2019.01.10
- JCA Journal January 2019 Issue
SeminarsArchives
- 2021.05.10
- 3rd EU-Japan EPA Forum
- 2021.02.01
- Study of GDPR based on Cases of Enforcement
- 2020.03.19
- Corona Virus ~Cross border challenges~
- 2019.02.28
- 【Tokyo】Seminar on the Recall System for Chinese, Japanese, American and European Products
